MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Exogone pusilla Dujardin, 1851

WoRMS name details

Exogone pusilla Dujardin, 1851

AphiaID

155295 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155295)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (superseded original combination)

Accepted Name

Brania pusilla (Dujardin, 1851)

Rank

Species

Typetaxon of

Brania Quatrefages, 1866

Parent

Exogone Örsted, 1845

Original name

Exogone pusilla Dujardin, 1851

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Dujardin, F. (1851). Note sur une annélide (Exogone pusilla) qui porte à la fois ses oeufs et ses spermatozoïdes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris. Série 3, 15: 298-301, plate 5 figs. 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13433079
page(s): 299-300, plate 5 figs. 9-10 [details]

Type data

Note Northeast Atlantic Ocean, English Channel,...

From editor or global species database

Type locality Northeast Atlantic Ocean, English Channel, coast of Saint-Malo (France) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 48.653º, long. -2.028º). [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range Probably intertidal to shallow water.

Depth range Probably intertidal to shallow water. [details]

Distribution Northeast Atlantic Ocean: Saint-Malo (France).

Distribution Northeast Atlantic Ocean: Saint-Malo (France). [details]

Etymology The specific epithet pusilla is the feminine of the Latin adjective pusillus, meaning 'very little' or 'very small', and...

Etymology The specific epithet pusilla is the feminine of the Latin adjective pusillus, meaning 'very little' or 'very small', and refers to the small size of the species, "longue de 4 millimètres seulement" (Dujardin, 1851: 299). [details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus.

Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Exogone pusilla Dujardin, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155295 on 2024-11-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-25 07:40:18Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2007-03-29 10:21:37Z

checked

Musco, Luigi

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2015-05-02 21:42:09Z

changed

Gil, João

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description Dujardin, F. (1851). Note sur une annélide (Exogone pusilla) qui porte à la fois ses oeufs et ses spermatozoïdes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris. Série 3, 15: 298-301, plate 5 figs. 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13433079
page(s): 299-300, plate 5 figs. 9-10 [details]

new combination reference Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Volume 2.. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 18; note: as Brania pusilla [details]

new combination reference Claparède, Édouard. (1864). Glanures zootomiques parmi les annélides de Port-Vendres (Pyrénées Orientales). Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève. 17(2): 463-600, plates I-VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1972
page(s): 549-550, plate VI fig. 3; note: as Sphaerosyllis pusilla [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Depth range Probably intertidal to shallow water. [details]

Distribution Northeast Atlantic Ocean: Saint-Malo (France). [details]

Habitat Unknown. [details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]

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